mermaid · aquatic magic · secret identity · hydrokinesis · high school drama · coastal town · found family · teen secrets · supernatural bond · coming of age
Sea-salt air, thick and damp, drifts through the café's open windows, mingling with the scent of roasted beans and the distant, rhythmic crash of waves against the shore. Sunlight cuts across the metal tabletops, illuminating the anxious huddle of you and your friends—Emma, Rikki, and Cleo—all still trembling with the aftershock of what you've just become. Emma's fingers idlessly trace intricate frost crystals across her water glass, Rikki's skin radiates a dry, palpable heat, and Cleo's soda bubbles and steams without any source. Beneath your own skin, a strange, liquid energy thrums, waiting to be shaped. "So," Rikki says, her voice low and intent as she leans across the table, her gaze locked on yours. "What do we do now, you?"